Growing Strong 

"I’m still doing what I’m doing by the grace of God.” Fostering isn’t easy. It’s beautiful and redemptive — but it’s also stretching, exhausting, and sometimes it just plain hurts. One of the women said it best: “It doesn’t feel rewarding right now. And you can’t rely on it feeling rewarding to keep going. I rely on God — and God alone — to keep going.” That’s the kind of faith that meets real life. When the feelings fade. When the days are heavy. When love costs something. I

If you’ve ever felt a tug toward fostering or adoption, this episode is for you. Kristen and Katie shares one of the most honest and hope-filled reminders,  “If it’s on your heart as a Christian… God is probably leading you to do it.” They open up about how God kept encouraging them, sometimes in small, simple ways—to keep moving toward fostering, even when life got distracting. Because there are so many children who need families willing to say yes. If fostering or adoption

A single sentence from a kid—“He’s not really your brother”—can echo for years. That’s where our story begins: with a bright, adopted little girl who suddenly felt other, learned to hide, and tried on borrowed identities to blend in. Then, decades later, a mission trip to Panama cracked the facade wide open as Kristen shared her testimony with orphans and discovered the courage to own her story. What once felt like a flaw became a calling. We talk through the whole arc with K

Sometimes we think we’ve healed because we said the words “I forgive you”… but deep down, there are parts of our heart that stayed guarded. Places we quietly closed off so no one could ever hurt us there again. This week, God reminded me that those hardened places aren’t signs of failure — they’re invitations. He gently shows us where our heart has turned to stone so He can soften it again. He’s the One who trades our heart of stone for a heart of flesh… but we have to ask Hi